Global Creative Solutions Manager

PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets.

Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.

Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking.

We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence.

We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

Position Description

PIMCO is seeking a strategic and innovative candidate with strong business strategy and project management skills to lead our Creative Solutions group;

a multidisciplinary creative team with oversight of PIMCO's design, copywriting, multimedia, and print production capabilities.

This role involves partnering with many stakeholders, including global Marketing and external agencies.

Location

New York, NY, Austin, TX, or Newport Beach, CA

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to :

• Build, manage and continuously evolve / optimize a client-first, best-in-class creative solutions model that delivers powerful creative and elevated results for our partners and firm in a cost-efficient way
• Lead and inspire a multidisciplinary creative team, providing clear direction, feedback, and mentorship to designers, copywriters, producers, and other talent to foster a collaborative and innovative environment
• Set creative vision and direction for the firm; help to evolve / expand creative thinking and the firm's ecosystem of creative resources, tools, and metrics to support current and future goals and objectives
• Collaborate closely with internal teams and external agencies to develop client-centric concepts, ensuring seamless integration across all touchpoints and maintaining strong partnerships
• Uphold and implement brand standards to maintain a cohesive look, feel, and voice across all creative outputs, while also introducing innovative ideas to enhance customer engagement and brand messaging
• Optimize Creative Processes and Budgets; efficiently manage creative resources and budgets, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

Adapt plans and priorities to meet business objectives and operational challenges

• Champion Innovation : stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continuously innovate and elevate creative offerings, acting as a thought leader in identifying opportunities for creative problem solving and brand alignment
• Collaborate on Strategic Initiatives; work closely with cross-functional teams, including marketing, strategy leads, and project managers, to define go-to-market strategies, conceptualize compelling creative concepts, and ensure alignment with client objectives and business goals

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in art, communications, marketing, or another related field
• Proven experience managing a holistic creative solutions model (10-15+ years) within an agency or marketing department
• Strong leader who has demonstrated experience setting strategic direction, managing large (internal / external) teams and inspiring creative / design excellence
• Passion and demeanor to affect change and inspire early engagement and deep partnerships
• Excellent track record for developing and applying new ideas, approaches and methods with an entrepreneurial spirit and a proven ability to pitch / sell highly conceptual ideas
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Figma plus Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects and XD
• Experience working across, or having other exposure to, a number of geographic markets globally
• Knowledge of / experience in Financial Services is preferred but not required

Professional Skills Requirements

• Ability to flourish in a challenging, fast-paced, professional environment with shifts in priorities as business needs dictate
• Strong commitment to quality and attention to detail; ensuring that the work product is delivered completed, accurately, and on time
• Have a strong sense of honesty and integrity
• Maintain a professional demeanor in both routine and highly charged environments; flex responses appropriately to each situation
• Display a sense of teamwork & foster a learning environment
• Strong ability to acknowledge and adapt to diverse styles, cultures and languages in a respectful manner

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus.

Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors.

The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.

Salary Range : $ 202,000.00 - $ 275,000.00

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws.

The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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